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Re: Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

imgabe wrote: post #203
cabalamat wrote: post #197

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure you'll right. The MPAA will get this taken down as soon as they are aware of it. Which is a shame because it's a very nice looking and functional website. Aside: the MPAA can do this, of course, because they give lots of money to politicians. If Trump really wants to "drain the swamp" he could be more pro-freedom on file sharing and copyright. Many Trump supporters feel Holywood supports the Democrats, so it…

Unless it's a honeypot run by the MPAA ... doffs tinfoil hat

If the MPAA put the site up aren't they then implicitly authorising it's use. Surely that would preclude any suggestions of tortuous infringement.

If I put a sign on my house saying "please take anything you like" and people take stuff then it's no longer burglary. If someone else puts the sign up, who isn't authorised, then it is still theft.

Of course following that analogy through, if MPAA aren't authorised then any content owners should be able to successfully sue them for contributory infringement. People in the UK have been extradited for such things. Extradition of MPAA bosses for running a torrent site would be hilarious (but still wrong!).

Re: Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine

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Post by imglorp »

buro9 wrote: post #159

Suggestions: 1. Enable whois privacy via Gandi 2. Hide your server IPs behind Cloudflare 3. Ensure the site is written such that it is trivial for yourself and others to use alternate domain names

Is old whois data cached? If you launch without whois privacy and turn it on later, can someone go back in history and still find the registrant?

As a side note, maybe someone like archive.org should keep time series whois data...

Re: Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine

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Post by edraferi »

raldu wrote: post #219

Notice how they make it difficult and painful to file DMCA complaints: https://www.skytorrents.in/dmca Genius.

Doesn't seem too painful to me. They're basically just asking for an email with all the stuff that's legally required to be in a DMCA notice.

Here's what the DMCA requires[1]:

(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

(ii) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.

(iii) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material.

(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.

(v) A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

(vi) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512

Re: Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine

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Post by [deleted] »

supergreg wrote: post #207
HelloNurse wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Archived bundles of files having significant names are important! Torrents of opaque disk images and archives (e.g. pirated software) or video files (e.g. pirated movies and TV series episodes) might be popular, but the strong suit of BitTorrent are carefully crafted and often very large collections of books, music, emulator ROM files etc.

It's frustrating when you are downloading one big rar file just because you need one of the small files inside.

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Re: Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine

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Post by [deleted] »

supergreg wrote: post #207
HelloNurse wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Archived bundles of files having significant names are important! Torrents of opaque disk images and archives (e.g. pirated software) or video files (e.g. pirated movies and TV series episodes) might be popular, but the strong suit of BitTorrent are carefully crafted and often very large collections of books, music, emulator ROM files etc.

It's frustrating when you are downloading one big rar file just because you need one of the small files inside.

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Re: Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine

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Post by [deleted] »

supergreg wrote: post #207
HelloNurse wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Archived bundles of files having significant names are important! Torrents of opaque disk images and archives (e.g. pirated software) or video files (e.g. pirated movies and TV series episodes) might be popular, but the strong suit of BitTorrent are carefully crafted and often very large collections of books, music, emulator ROM files etc.

It's frustrating when you are downloading one big rar file just because you need one of the small files inside.

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Re: Show HN: Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine

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Post by vlunkr »

supergreg wrote: post #207
HelloNurse wrote: post #187

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Archived bundles of files having significant names are important! Torrents of opaque disk images and archives (e.g. pirated software) or video files (e.g. pirated movies and TV series episodes) might be popular, but the strong suit of BitTorrent are carefully crafted and often very large collections of books, music, emulator ROM files etc.

It's frustrating when you are downloading one big rar file just because you need one of the small files inside.

With transmission you can actually select or deselect individual files.
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